SWANSEA CITY chairman Huw Jenkins believes the return of Stuart Roberts has buried the ghost of Tony Petty at the Vetch Field.

SWANSEA CITY chairman Huw Jenkins believes the return of Stuart Roberts has buried the ghost of Tony Petty at the Vetch Field.

Former Swans owner Petty, the most hated figure in the club's history, sold fans' favourite Roberts to Wycombe for £102,500 in October 2001, just weeks after taking over the Third Division club.

Australia-based Petty said he was forced to sell the Swans' player of the year to pay the bills and wages at the Vetch.

The departure of the West Walian for such a modest fee marked one of the bleakest periods in the Swansea City story. But last week the men who ended Petty's turbulent reign at the Vetch brought the flying winger back to the club he has always supported.

"It was a real low point for this club when Stuart was sold to Wycombe," said Jenkins, the figurehead in the consortium that bought-out the Londoner.

"He was sold to pay the wages but thankfully those days are over at Swansea City.

"I suppose you could say there is something poetic about Stuart coming back to Swansea after what happened.

"We lost someone that we didn't want to lose but now that person has come back."